Spring-shackle



(No Model.)

. I-I. TIMKEN.

SPRING SHAGKLE.

No. 341,781. 7 Patented May 11, 1886.

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HENRY TIMKEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SPRlNG-SHACKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,781, dated May 11,1886.

Application filed January 27,1886. Serial No. le9,957. (No model.)

Figure l is a perspective view of my 1111- proved shackle, showing thepartsdisconnectcd. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts puttogether. Fig. 3 is a vertical sec tion through the shackle and the sidebar or axle of a vehicle to which the shackle is secured.

My invention relates to certain improvements in shackles intended moreparticularly for use on vehicles; and my invention consists in featuresof novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a side bar or axle of a vehicleto which my improved shackle may be applied.

B represents the body of the shackle, pro vided with holes 0, to receivethe usual strap, D, by which it is secured to the side bar or axle, andhaving a groove, E, to receive the part F of the shackle, as usual.

As far as I have yet described, the shackle is of usual form, and such aform as swinging shackles usually have.

Heretofore it has been a source of considerableannoyance to havethe partF of the shackle cut into the wooden side bar, against which it bears,and to obviate this difficulty in a recess, H, of the body B, thatcovers the is the object of my invention; and to this end I makea metalbearing between this part F of the shackle and the side bar by placing aplate, G,

part F of the shackle, as shown, and prevents its cutting into the sidebar. I prefer to hold this plate in place by lugs or ribs 1, formed uponor secured to the body B, and which are bent over into recesses J in theplate. These recesses J do not, by preference, extend to the bent endsof the plate, so that when the lugs are over into them there is not theslightest danger of the plate moving eudwise and losing out when thevehicle is in use.

The ribs are shown in Figs. 1 and 2 before being bent over onto theplate, and in Fig. 3 they are shown bent over.

I claim as my invention 1. In a shackle, the combination of the bodypart, swinging part, and plate, the bodypart having ribs and the platehaving grooves or recesses into which the ribs are bent to hold it inplace, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. M

2. In a shackle, the combination of the body part, swinging part, andplate, the body having a recess to receive the plate over the swingingpart and lugs or ribs to hold the plate in place, and the plate havingrecesses that do not extend its entire length to receive the lugs on thebody, bent into said recesses, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

HENRY TIMKEN.

In presence of- GEO. H. KNIGHT 7 JOSEPH WAHLE.

